… I think Fracois. was referring to iFLY’s superior & stable flight attitude…

double the speed, and flying, but the skills are the same 🙂. if you are good sailing your HC 14, you will have fun flying the iFLY.

@@iFLY-foiling 😁😆😶‍🌫❣

like to chat directly with the developer/munufacturer? [email protected]

... and fun it is, for sure 🚀😎😃🌴

so true 👍, Live the dream, make it s reality! [email protected]

contact our iFLY USA distributor: [email protected] He will be glad to make your trial/learning session a reality

this sailor is no pro, at all. He started iFLY foiling only a year ago. 😊

you are so right, and it should be underlined more often: no fossil fuel or batteries needed 🌴🚀⭐️

actually, weather is great, champagne, now 10-18 kts 🚀

still here till April 29th. Come and sail with us 🚀🚀🚀

it is very agile, doing foiling gybes, so even a relatively water body can do

to chat with the designer: [email protected]

yes, absolutely you can buy in the USA. Today, there are 26 iFLYs in North America. Our iFLY USA dealer is in Miami: [email protected] iFLY price range is from 38-54k$. The available options and accessories will be explained in detail in an individual way. Once we are in contact, the best package for you will be defined, according to your actual sailing skills and ambition.

@@iFLY-foiling My budget is not as rich, but thank you.

you might consider a pre owned iFLY ? [email protected]

It is my baby. Developed and build with love and high-tech. It makes me really very happy to hear from seasoned foiling Acat sailors that they love the boat very much. Acat and iFly, actually have a lot in common. The same high-tech approach, the same excellent materials (carbon, epoxy sandwich, titanium, anodized aluminum), the same suppliers, sail makers, mast builders (an Acat rig is even 100% compatible)... only iFly has a bit of an advantage, because it is free from the limitations of the Acat box rules. This Acat box rules (especially the controversial rule 8) were originally implemented to ban flying on the Acat. But clever engineers found a way, anyway, and the Acat started flying - even though originally conceived as a non-foiling class. With these limitation due to the Acat box rule, it is obviously a lot harder to develop a boat that is flying stable. Free of these limitations, iFLY was "born to fly" and can therefore take advantage of automatic and active foil control systems, supporting a unmatched stable flight attitude. This makes the iFly not only accessible, but also fast, as it allows sustainable flying over long distances, also Upwind foiling. And on iFly this is achievable not only by very advanced sailors, but also by normal beach catamaran or dinghy sailors. The same superior flight stability that makes foiling possible for these sailors allows the advanced sailor on iFLY RAZZOR to push hard and reach very high speeds and keep flying in strong winds and rough conditions. @skiboy0fstowe2000 : don't dream your life, live your dream. To make it happen, [email protected]

Muito obrigado pela escrita enviada 😀. You can contact me via [email protected]

thank you for the great feed-back. 😀 You can reach me directly via [email protected]

🤣 then better be careful that your sandwich does not fly away, when iFLY is exceeding th 25kts 🚀🚀🚀. Guess what? when going really fast, you better don't loose control 💪

@@iFLY-foiling sometimes you stop for lunch when you’re out sailing for a day. Maybe if the sandwiches had foils, they could just follow along.

thank you… and the boats even more awesome 🤩

We call it the sound of speed 😀. The faster we sail, the higher the sound, which is created on the trailing edge of the carbon / titanium foils. You will observe the same on the America’s Cup yachts and the F50 catamarans of @SailGp. The iFLY foils are high end products, full carbon with titanium core structure, compression molded under 40.000kg pressure. The daggerboard is so strong, that the sailor can stand on it without any risk of breaking it.

Yes, iFLY’s active flight control system is cutting edge technology, fully mecanic, making iFLY the foiler with the best flight attitude. Stable flight is key, pre-requisite for both, high speed and safe fun. There are no electronics nor batteries aboard 😀. Just German mecanical engineering 💪⭐️

@@iFLY-foiling ok, thank you for your reply!

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thank you so much, it means a lot to a father 🙂

​@@iFLY-foiling😂😂❤ non

not to speak about that incredible feeling … life is good ⭐️

foiling A-class. In good foiling conditions e.g. 10-25kts of wind speed, 90% of the sailors are faster around the race course on iFLY, because on iFLY, they manage stable foiling. Very few sailors have the skills to be fast on the foiling A-class, because they struggle to be consistently foiling. Only the best sailors manage upwind foiling on A-class, whereas on iFLY even average sailors fly permanently upwind at excellent vmg, especially on iFLY RAZZOR with mainfoil differential (adding huge amount of righting moment). On iFLY you also do foiling gybes to complete great vmg downwind, with speeds up to 31kts and excellent angles. The best A-class sailors (many of them Olympic or AC sailors) can sail their boats faster than average skilled sailors sail today their iFLYs. I wonder what they could do with the iFLY. But the others… Many A-class sailors are leaving the foiling class and go back to non-foiling „classic“ qualification. These sailors simply do not feel safe on the foiling A-class. Speaking about light wind and very strong conditions: Once there is not enough pressure for foiling the iFLY (less than 7kts,) it is very clear that the 18ft. length and 9m mast make the A-class faster than iFLY with 15ft. and standard 7.5m mast. iFLY RAZZOR with big sails on 8.5m mast change this partially, but in non-foiling mode the 18ft. are an advantage for A-class. iFLY simply is not interested in non-foiling. In marginal foiling conditions for iFLY 7-8kts, it is foiling at high speeds for a lot of fun. But in order to sail good angles upwind and downwind dives on the race course starts at 9kts. On the other side of the range, iFLY is able to still be foiling fast and stable in very strong conditions above 25kts. and a built sea state of 2m. With a sonically wide platform of 2.5m and the most advanced active coil control the much more robust iFLY flies in conditions where you will hardly see any A-class still on the water

yes, absolutely, we do deliver to Australia. There are currently 5 iFLYs in Australia, fleet growing fast. There will be a new container coming in for the start of the sailing season. PM me to have your boat aboard. [email protected]. Yes, you bet, ten times more stable flying than acat. Also regularly upwind foiling, which is a big challenge on acat and N17, where only the best of the best sailors can do it.

it is a new option 💪

@@iFLY-foiling seems to fit the boat very well, is there any plan to 'scale up' the design to e.g. 18ft and create an ultimate long distance cruiser/racer

@@thomasjamesstarks8338 we believe very much in the iFLY15 as long distance cruiser/racer for single handed as well as 2Up double trapezing 😀. Hull length does not matter when flying. Dimensions of platform feel very much 18- ish, only shortened hulls… 🚀

thank you. PM [email protected]

thank you for sharing this idea. We did also consider it in the beginning. But we found too many disadvantages, so we chose the solution with endless tack-line and remote controlled Spinlock cleat. To be able to do full foiling upwind with CodeF, the luff needs to be very tight - straight line. With a self tacking solution with steel wire, due to elasticity effects of hulls, there woulld always be a slack in luff. Another solution could be a stiff bar or rail between the bows - a solution we did not want for mny reasons. Another aspect is aerodynamics and easy access. Further, in many situations we want the tack partially or fully to windwards, especially in very light downwind situations… Finally, the chosen solution seems really good. It is a matter of training to make tacking and gybing fast when being single handed. 2Up it is very fast, with some coordination 😀

@@iFLY-foiling oke, sounds like you are allready searched the best solution. Super to see how stable the boat is performing. I consider buying one for next year. Keep up the good work!!

Hi @@BBFazer , thank you for your understanding. Yes, we have thought these things through very carefully down to the smallest detail. iFLY is a fully mature development, field proven since 7 years, and perfectionism in design and building quality. We believe this is what is key for a flying boat, going above 25kts of boat speed at a very stable flight attitude.

it was a lightweight day with max gusts recorded of 12kts. Sea state quite flat

Has the iFLY15 "debut" @ Lake Malawi Sailing Marathon? Intro the Dart NACRA Hobie Tribal Speedster talent test-pilots! Carry-On kind sir, Keep Pulling The Apparent FttW. Aloha Nui Kakou jj i s~c

sure, we know it, but actually we love the position of iFLY’s mainfoils. 8 years ago, we had tested them more forward. Bigger foils we believe are not the way to go, but high aspect ratio with big span and relatively small area.

@@iFLY-foiling No... I'm saying, take your design and build it at 30 meters with a computer controlling the main foils.

it is true, the iFLY configuration in a bigger boat would make a lot of sense and to replace the sophisticated mechanic flight control system by an even more elaborate computer controlled system can be a nice thing, if all this is designed to perfection with a high budget. Question is if there is a market to earn back the huge development cost.

what is a commercial box boat? iFLY is a mature serial product, delivered 200 units worldwide.

@@iFLY-foiling I mean a container ship, ideally ‘coaster’ size for operating out of Rotterdam to UK ports, including Ipswich. The prevailing winds are south westerly, so vessels would be sailing a beam reach both ways. By ‘flying’ on dagger boards the rough sea conditions wouldn’t matter. Probably CNC controlled trimming. There’s no reason a large heavy vessel couldn’t fly too. No need for engines.

@@stephensmith799 unfortunately, we cannot help with providing flying container ships. we are builders of small, high-performance, catamarans for leisure and racing 🚀🚀🚀

@@iFLY-foiling Of course, I understand that. I was just thinking of the astonishing possibilities that this line of development could open up 🤔👍

Yesss 😀😀😀

are you around? I am at Duc d’Albe

according to weather station: gusting up to 12kts

only in this case, the so called wave piercer bows add stability and make the waterline longer. Also in waves tips, they far less slow down the boat than conventional bow design

for foiling, iFLY is built for up to 180kg. for non-foiling I am sometimes sailing with three adults

pls. email to [email protected] This will put you in contact with our iFLY USA dealer 🚀🌴⭐️

magic! ⭐️

@@iFLY-foiling I taught You did it on purpos 😃

@@iFLY-foiling All about wessel and You is definetely Magic

Dear Captain, let’s chat about the flying boat. You can reach the creator via [email protected]